Through KnowNow research we’ve identified six digital working styles – inboxer, finder, calenderer, notes linker, campaigner and databaser.
Many digital professionals like my friend Jason Velasco use Merlin Mann’s 2006 Inbox Zero approach to manage the daily 100+ emails digital professionals receive. Most ‘filer’ methods require the user to delete or folder all messages at least once a day to minimize the time lost constantly checking unread email and chat. I distinctly recall arguing ‘filer vs. finder’ approaches …
In 1997, I came across research the Doblin Group performed with Steelcase, Inc. that assessed the information styles of office workers. The research identified six different information styles: “To categorize the different styles, researchers first identified how workers garnered, stored and shared information. Using trials to document how information flowed, they were able to assign …
